Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 141 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
2. 2.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark green
8. 8.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) lilac
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark red
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark red
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
39. 39.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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